Test de Lachman 🔴 Structures / Pathologies ciblées : Rupture du Ligament Croisé Antérieur (LCA) 🔴 Procédure : Le patient est allongé sur le dos. Le genou testé est fléchi à 20° de flexion, le talon reposant sur la table. La main crâniale du thérapeute maintient le tiers distal du fémur. La main caudale du thérapeute empaume le tibia, le pouce placé sur la tubérosité tibiale antérieure, et effectue une traction antérieure. 🔴 Interprétation : Le test est considéré comme positif si : Le déplacem

LACHMAN TEST FOR ACL TEARS The original Lachman test is performed like shown in the video. if you have small hands, an alternative is to put your own bent knee under the patient's knee to stabilize the 30° of knee flexion. An alternative is to have the patient in prone lying position and anteriorly translate the knee in 30° of flexion. The Lachman Test is the most accurate test for the anterior cruciate ligament according to literature. According to a meta-analysis of Benjaminse et al. (2006) th

Reverse Lachman Test for PCL Tears Of course, there is also a Lachman Test for the PCL. Unfortunately, in a posterior cruciate ligament, the test performs not as well as for the ACL. It has a sensitivity of 63% and a specificity of 89% and thus performs worse than the other tests we have covered earlier. (Rubinstein et al. 1994) | Physiotutors

LELLI TEST OR LEVER SIGN FOR ACL TEARS The accuracy of the Lelli Test has been long debated after the "to-good-to-be-true" results from the study of Lelli et al. himself. However,Jarbo et al. (2017) have evaluated the Lelli Test, also known as Lever Sign, in 102 patients with acute knee pain within 4 weeks of their injury. The test was performed awake and under anesthesia next to the Lachman test, Anterior Drawer Test and Pivot Shift Test. Results: The Lelli Sign had a diagnostic overall accurac